Washstand.



L. J. HOFFMAN.

WASHSTAND. 1 APPLICATION FILED DBO. 2, 1909.

Patented Sept. 6, 1910.

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LEWIS J. HOFFMAN, OF MONROEVILLE, INDIANA.

WASHSTAND.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed December 2, 1909. Serial No.

Patented Sept. 6, 1910. 531,080.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS J. HOFFMAN, a citizen of the United Monroeville, in the county of Allen, State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washstands; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in washstands, and has for its object to provide a portable washstand wherein a plurality of wash-hand basins of various sizes may be supported upon one standard, and adjustable vertically as required.

lVith this and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims; and, in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention, Figure l is a. side elevation of the improved device, Fig. 2 is a plan view with the'mirror support in section on the line 22 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a plan view of the mirror support and soap-dish portions of the improved device, Fig. 1 is a sectional detail of the lower portion of the standard, Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4 looking in the direction of the arrow.

The improved device comprises a base 10 of any suitable material, but preferably of concrete or the like, and rising from the base is a standard formed of an outer tubular portion 11 fixedly supported in the base, and a vertically adjustable tubular portion 12 slidably disposed within the stationary portion 11, and adapted to be supported adjustably therein by a set screw 13.

The outer tubular member 11 of the standard is provided with longitudinal slots 14 at opposite sides and the inner tubular member 12 is provided with a threaded plug 15 in its lower end and from which arms 16 extend through the slots 13, the plug with its arms 16 forming a supporting member for the inner standard portion, and by means of which the inner portion 12 may be adjusted vertically within the outer portion 11 within the range of the slots 14.

Secured within the slidable standard mem- States, residing at' ber 12 at its upper end are a plurality of radiating rods 17 each having a hand basin holding ring 18 at its outer end. The rings 18 are preferably formed of various sizes so that hand basins .of correspondingly varied sizes may be supported thereon. For the purpose of illustration one of the hand basins is shown at 19. Rising from the standard member 12 centrally thereof is a rod 20 having a bifurcated portion 21 at its upper end in which a mirror 22 is supported upon gimbals 23, so that the mirror is free to swing within the member 21. A-

comb-tray 24 is connected to the rod 20 in convenient position relative to the supports 18, and a soap dish 25 is also located convenient to the arms 11, as shown.

The improved device may be constructed of any required material, but the standard members 1112 are preferably constructed from sections of gas piping telescopically arranged, while the rods 17 and the basin supports 18 are preferably of metal. The improved device will preferably be constructed to support hand basins of granite ware or" like material. The whole device is constructed of metal except the base 10, and the mirror 22, and the metal parts may be galvanized or otherwise protected as required.

The improved device is simple in construction, will be found very convenient for campers, tourists and may also be employed as a sanitary device in hospitals and like institutions, so that each patient can have his own hand basin, and thus be protected from contamination from other patients.

What is claimed is 1. A device of the class described comprising a supporting standard, a plurality of L- shaped rods each connected by one arm thereof in said standard and with the other arm of each rod radiating from the standard, a receptacle support at the free end of the radiating portions of each of said rods, a supporting rod extending vertically from said standard, and a mirror carried by said vertical rod.

2. A device of the class described comprislng a standard formed of two tubular sections telescopically united, the outer section being provided with longitudinal slots,

arms connected to said inner standard section and extending through said slots, means In testimony whereof, I afiix my signafor locking said inner standard section to ture, 1n presence of two Witnesses.

said outer standard section a plurality of a T rods connected to said inner standard sec- LEvWIS HOB FMAN' tion and radiating therefrom, and a recep- WVitnesses: tacle supported atthe free end of each of VVILLIAM A. OoNNoLLY, said rods. WVILLIAM SMITH. 

